Tuesday, August 18, 2009

beyond busy...

Did we really leave town....no. Did we really leave the house....no. ...but...we had a TON of company this past week/weekend. My sister and her kids came last Wednesday, followed my my in-laws coming last Thursday, followed by my brother and sister-in-law and their kids coming this last Saturday, followed by our new nanny...no not really, unfortunately... soon to be niece-in-law -- is that even a term??? She (Nichole) will be staying with us for a time. She just graduated and is now an official Dr. Yes, we have a real life doctor living with the Ross's! I'm so excited! She's from KC but a job opening brought her to Wichita. Instead of her having to pay 2 separate rent payments, we jumped at the idea of her staying with us. The kids love her and rent is free here as long as she doesn't mind hanging out with the kids every so often if I need to go do some running. NO, I'm not going to abuse her! ... If I do, I'm sure she would soon find that two rent payments would be waaayyyy better than being trapped in a closet by a 3 and 4 year old:-).... soooo....I will be kind and hope that she wants to stay:-)

I didn't get a whole lot of pictures because of the whirlwind of visitors but I did get a few of Porter and my niece, Emmy (my sister's daughter). Evidently Porter is used to being an only baby....

At first, things were great....

She just wanted to see what I was all about. She's kinda 'touchy feely'....

Hey, I'll play that game. I'll touch her back...

She was having such a good time...

...but not me...

...then she got upset...

...then we were both upset...

That's it, Papa. Play some kazoo with her...

You play over there. I'll play over here...

Here she comes...

Oh Man, there she is...

Seriously, can't you see where this is going????....

Oh no....this is going to be sooo bad....

....mommmmmyyyyyyy!!!!.....

I'm ok, I'm ok....she goes back to Iowa tomorrow:-)...

I am so glad that I got to see my sister. Our visits are few and far between. When she lived in Wichita, I thought how great it would be for our children to grow up together. We never lived anywhere near our cousins until much later. Unfortunately, she ended up moving to Iowa but we each live for these kinds of visits...true bonding between our kids:-)